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act (up)on something

1. to take action on a particular problem. (Upon is more formal and less commonly used than on.) I will act on this immediately.

2. to take action because of some special information. The police refused to act upon his complaint because he was an ex-convict.

3. to perform on something, usually the stage (in a theater). Ken has never acted on the stage or in front of a camera.

See also: act

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They are intended for the perusal of young women, at that tender age when the feelings of their nature begin to act on them most insidiously, and when their minds are least prepared by reason and experience to contend with their passions. Imagination and Heart by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context The steward was about to act on the old principle, that silence gives consent, when Hiram Doolittle, attended by Jotham, stalked out of the crowd, across the open space, and approached the stocks. The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context She became obsessed with the thought that it wanted but a courageous act on her part to make all of her association with people some- thing quite different, and that it was possible by such an act to pass into a new life as one opens a door and goes into a room. Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context			ace ace in ace in the hole ace out ache for achilles Achilles' heel aching heart acid acid test acknowledge acknowledge as acknowledge receipt of acknowledge to be right acorn acquaint with acquainted with acquiesce to acquit of across across the board act Act age! act as act for act on act Out act the fool act the goat act up Act your age! action Actions speak louder than words activity ad hoc ad infinitum ad nauseam adam adapt adapt for adapt from adapt to add add fuel to the fire add insult to injury add into add to add together add up add up to addict to			act of slipping back act of smoking factor act of spanning act of spurning Act of State Doctrine act of stifling act of strangling act of subsuming act of surrounding act of taking life act of taunting act of terrorism act of terrorism act of terrorism act of terrorism act of terrorism act of throwing out act of thwarting Act of Uniformity Act of Union act of uniting Act of war Act of war (disambiguation) Act of War Direct Action act of wasting away act of weakening act of working together act of worsening act on act on behalf act on behalf act on behalf act on behalf act on behalf act on behalf of Act on Impulse act on one’s own authority Act on the Supervision of the Credit System ACT ONE act out act out act out act out act out act out act prohibited by law act reflexively ACT Service act superior Act Swiftly Awesome Pachyderm act the fool act the fool act the fool act the fool act the goat act the part of Act to overrule President Jackson's Specie Circular Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships Act to Promote the Education of the Blind

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